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Diffstat (limited to 'ace/Message_Block.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | ace/Message_Block.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ace/Message_Block.h b/ace/Message_Block.h index b14dac673ac..6b7c0042299 100644 --- a/ace/Message_Block.h +++ b/ace/Message_Block.h @@ -177,6 +177,20 @@ public: ACE_Allocator *message_block_allocator = 0); /** + * A copy constructor. This constructor is a bit different. If the + * incoming Message Block has a data block from the stack this + * constructor does a deep copy ie. allocates a new data block on + * the heap and does a copy of the data from the incoming message + * block. As a final note, the alignment information is used to + * align the data block if it is created afresh. If the incoming + * <mb> has a data block has a data block allocated from the heap, + * then this constructor just duplicates (ie. a shallow copy) the + * data block of the incoming <mb>. + */ + ACE_Message_Block (const ACE_Message_Block &mb, + size_t align); + + /** * Create a Message Block that assumes ownership of <data> (i.e., * doesn't delete it since it didn't malloc it!). Note that the * <size> of the <Message_Block> will be <size>, but the <length> @@ -291,6 +305,7 @@ public: /// Return a "shallow" copy that increments our reference count by 1. ACE_Message_Block *duplicate (void) const; + /** * Return a "shallow" copy that increments our reference count by 1. * This is similar to CORBA's <_duplicate> method, which is useful @@ -299,6 +314,7 @@ public: */ static ACE_Message_Block *duplicate (const ACE_Message_Block *mb); + /** * Decrease the shared ACE_Data_Block's reference count by 1. If the * ACE_Data_Block's reference count goes to 0, it is deleted. |